Introduction / Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan -- Forbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the nameless house of the night of dread desire / Neil Gaiman -- The world that sings the scythye / Michael Swanwick -- The little stranger / Gene Wolfe -- The faery handbag / Kelly Link -- Quarry / Peter S. Beagle -- The enchanted trousseau / Deborah Roggie -- The sorcerer's apprentice / Robert Silverberg -- The annals of the Eelin-ok / Jeffrey Ford -- Pat Moore / Tim Powers -- The angel's daughter / Jay Lake -- The silver dragon / Elizabeth A. Lynn